CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, SENT A CABLE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD OF SYRIA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE DAY. THE CROWN PRINCE WISHED THE PRESIDENT CONTINUAL GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND THE BROTHERLY PEOPLE OF SYRIA STEADY PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.